Exploring vintage jazz vinyl with a focus on label and pressing details, discographical information and critical musings on the music found within the grooves.
African Cookbook is the 1973 commercial release of an album Randy Weston recorded in 1964 that he originally had to release on his own due to a lack of interest from any record labels. It's an excellent advanced hard bop LP that shows off the full range of Weston's musicianship, compositional skills, and talent as a bandleader.
Read MoreLittle Niles features a couple of jazz legends in Randy Weston and Johnny Griffin, along with the outsized and under-appreciated talents of trombonist and arranger Melba Liston. It's an excellent hard bop record that has flown under the radar despite the pedigree of it's players.
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